Surbhi Raj, director of Asian Hospital in Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, was shot inside her office chamber and subsequently died from her injuries after being transferred to AIIMS. Investigation revealed that her husband and co-director, Rakesh Roshan, allegedly orchestrated the murder due to ongoing marital conflicts arising from his extramarital affair with a hospital employee named Alka, as well as potential financial motives. Following the shooting, hospital staff and co-conspirators deliberately wiped away bloodstains, removed five spent bullet casings, turned off key CCTV cameras, and delayed reporting the incident to the police by two hours. Police subsequently arrested Rakesh Roshan, his brother Ramesh Kumar, and three hospital employees on charges of murder and evidence suppression.
Country: India
State/Province: Bihar, India
City/Region: Patna
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
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The incident reflects a pattern of marital conflict caused by an extramarital affair that escalated into premeditated domestic violence homicide. To eliminate his wife, retain control of commercial hospital assets, and protect his extramarital relationship, the suspect allegedly plotted a fatal shooting within their shared workplace. The execution involved extensive staging and evidence suppression, including turning off CCTV cameras, scrubbing blood, removing bullet casings, and delaying emergency reporting with assistance from relatives and workplace subordinates.
Police arrested five individuals within three days: victim's husband Rakesh Roshan, his brother Ramesh Kumar, and hospital workers Masood Alam, Anil Kumar, and an unnamed female worker. Forensic integrity was compromised when hospital staff ordered the crime scene cleaned, wiped bloodstains, removed five spent shell casings, and turned off primary CCTV cameras prior to the shooting. Police recovered one remaining casing, a cap, and a liquor bottle, linking the cap to a suspect seen on external CCTV footage. The investigation remains active regarding execution logistics and broader financial dynamics.
Initial confusion occurred because nearby hospital trainees reported hearing no gunshots despite six rounds being fired, leading observers to assume Surbhi Raj was suffering from internal bleeding or medical distress until an X-ray revealed projectile wounds. Further confusion was intentionally created by co-conspirators who ordered a sanitation worker to scrub the room under false pretenses and delayed informing law enforcement by two hours.
Rakesh Roshan allegedly conspired to murder his wife Surbhi Raj over disputes regarding his affair with employee Alka and financial interests in Asian Hospital. On a Saturday afternoon around 2:30 PM, armed perpetrators entered Surbhi's chamber after key CCTV cameras were disabled and Roshan had left the premises. Roshan called his father-in-law with misleading information regarding Surbhi's status. After six shots were fired, staff summoned a sanitation worker to wipe the blood, collected five shell casings, and transferred Surbhi to AIIMS, where she died. Police were alerted two hours later and subsequently reconstructed the conspiracy using external CCTV, an overlooked shell casing, and circumstantial evidence.
The lethal escalation risk was heightened by acute marital discord centered on infidelity combined with substantial joint commercial interests. Premeditation was demonstrated through security system tampering, coordinated timing of the assault around the suspect's departure, and systematic crime scene alteration to obstruct law enforcement detection.
Severe marital conflict combined with joint business ownership represents a critical risk factor for lethal escalation. Post-incident evidence tampering—such as disabling surveillance, scrubbing forensic traces, and withholding timely police notification—can temporarily obscure homicide, underscoring the importance of forensic imaging (X-rays) and external perimeter surveillance analysis.
Persistent conflict between Surbhi Raj and Rakesh Roshan over his extramarital affair with hospital employee Alka, alongside rapid financial growth tied to hospital operations.
A cap and liquor bottle left inside the director's chamber matched a suspicious individual wearing the exact cap on external surveillance footage.
X-ray imaging showing six embedded bullet projectiles, one recovered spent casing overlooked during cleanup, physical blood mop, and external CCTV footage.
Hospital trainees in the adjoining room stated they heard no gunfire and only found Surbhi Raj bleeding after peeking into her chamber. A female sanitation worker reported being called back from home under the belief that the director was vomiting blood, leading her to clean the chamber and unknowingly place a wiped bullet casing on a table.
Initial reporting of a sudden medical hemorrhage was overturned after X-rays proved bullet impacts, leading investigators to uncover orchestrated evidence destruction, disabled CCTV cameras, a two-hour police notification delay, and the arrest of Rakesh Roshan and four co-conspirators.
Police have not fully clarified the exact identities of the hired gunmen or revealed complete details regarding the financial motives underlying the plot.